A promising Modification of Pt Surfaces with CNTs for Decreasing Poisoning Impact in Direct Methanol Fuel Cells

Direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) are clean energy sources that have many applications due to the high energy density of methanol as a fuel. However, this type of fuel cells (FCs) has limitations that are preventing it from being commercialized. One such limitation is the adsorption of intermediate...

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Published inInternational journal of electrochemical science Vol. 14; no. 8; pp. 8276 - 8283
Main Authors Al-Akraa, Islam M., Asal, Yaser M., Khalifa, Aya A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier B.V 01.08.2019
Subjects
Carbon nanotubes
Fuel cells
Methanol oxidation
Platinum
Poisoning
Carbon nanotubes
Poisoning
Platinum
Methanol oxidation
Fuel cells
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Summary:Direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) are clean energy sources that have many applications due to the high energy density of methanol as a fuel. However, this type of fuel cells (FCs) has limitations that are preventing it from being commercialized. One such limitation is the adsorption of intermediates such as CO into the surface of the Platinum (Pt) catalyst during methanol oxidation (MO) which deactivates its active sites, where the reaction is taking place, and leads to poisoning of the electrode over the long term. In this study, multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) have been introduced to the Pt-modified glassy carbon (Pt/GC) electrode aiming to improve MO efficiency. The results showed that MWCNTs could help in enhancing the electrocatalytic activity of the modified electrode which reflected from increasing the direct oxidation current, Ipd, by a factor of 1.6. This increases the electrode' activity and durability during continuous electrolysis.
ISSN:1452-3981
1452-3981
DOI:10.20964/2019.08.116